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pilfer

pil·fer [ pílfər ] (past and past participle pil·fered, present participle pil·fer·ing, 3rd person present singular pil·fers)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
steal small things: to steal small items of little value, especially habitually

[14th century. < Anglo-Norman pelfrer "rob"]

pil·fer·age noun
pil·fer·er noun
pil·fer·ing noun

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See steal.

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